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FEBRUARY 13, 2020
| COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
On The Record
Parents: Get immunizations updated before Feb. 19
Parents must provide
schools and childcare fa-
cilities with kids’ vaccine
records
Feb. 19 is School Exclu-
sion Day, and the Oregon
Immunization
Program
is reminding parents that
children will not be able to
attend school or childcare
starting that day if their re-
cords on file show missing
immunizations.
Under state law, all chil-
dren in public and private
schools, preschools, Head
Start and certified child-
care facilities must have
up-to-date documentation
on their immunizations or
have an exemption.
“Immunization is the
best way to protect children
against vaccine-preventable
POLICE LOG
Jan. 29
• An illegal backyard
burn was reported on
East Jefferson Avenue.
Jan. 31
• Theft of items valued
at $51.26 was reported
stolen from a private
mailbox.
Feb. 2
• Officers respond-
ed to a report of an RV
on fire in the area of I-5
mile marker 173. Both
occupants were safely
out of the vehicle and
not injured.
• A minor was report-
ed in the Cottage Grove
ER under suspicious
conditions as she re-
turned home “intoxicat-
ed, injured and half-na-
ked.”
• Unknown persons
broke a window of a ve-
hicle parked in the park-
ing lot of Trinity Luther-
an Church and gained
access to the vehicle’s
trunk.
Feb. 6
• An unknown young-
er male entered a Veri-
zon retail store and stole
merchandise valued at
$3,050.
diseases such as whooping
cough and measles,” said
Stacy de Assis Matthews,
school law coordinator in
the Oregon Health Author-
ity Public Health Division.
“It helps keep schools and
the entire community safe
and healthy.”
If a child’s school and
childcare vaccination re-
cords are not up to date on
Feb. 19, the child will be
sent home. In 2019, local
health departments sent
22,547 letters to parents and
guardians informing them
that their children needed
immunizations to stay in
school or childcare.
A total of 4,043 children
were kept out of school or
childcare until the neces-
sary immunization infor-
mation was turned in to the
schools or childcare facili-
ties.
This year, letters to par-
ents were mailed on or be-
fore Feb. 5.
Parents seeking immu-
nizations for their children
should contact their health
care provider or local health
department, or call 211Info
— just dial 211 or go to
60th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Ron and Arlene Eklund
of Cottage Grove are cele-
brating their 60th year of
marriage on Valentine’s
Day.
They were wed in
the Lutheran Church in
Choteau, Mont.
Having lived several
places in Montana, includ-
ing Shelby and Bozeman,
they have resided in Cot-
tage Grove since 2005.
They have one daughter,
Carla, and her husband,
Lloyd Williams, of Cottage
Grove.
Before retiring, Ron
worked in the grain indus-
try and Arlene was a book-
keeper for several busi-
nesses. After retirement,
they spent over 20 years
spending winters at the
Fountain of Youth RV Park
in southern California.
On Valentine’s Day, they
will have dinner out with
family and friends and lat-
er take a short trip to Ne-
vada and California.
DEATH NOTICE
SMITH—Duane Floyd
Smith, 83, of Cottage
Grove, died Feb. 7, 2020.
Interment will be at
Mountain View Cemetery
ganized by the One Sun-
ny Day Initiative with the
support of A-bombed
Trees, Oregon Community
Trees and the Oregon De-
partment of Forestry.
Mayor Gowing will
preside over the event
in which the tree will be
planted, the Mayor will
also proclaim Feb. 17,
2020 as “One Sunny Day of
Peace” and hold a moment
of silence.
Following the moment
of silence, Urban Forestry
Committee Chair Reilly
Newman will give remarks
recognizing project orga-
nizers and sponsors.
in Oregon City, Feb. 13,
beginning at 1 p.m.
Arrangements made by
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel in Cottage Grove.
CORRECTION
In The Sentinel story
“Curtis Historic Thread
of Yoncalla’s Fabric” (Jan.
30), two names were in-
advertently omitted from
the story. In addition to
raising two children of her
own, Curtis also took on
the responsibility of rais-
ing her two nieces from
her first marriage, Diana
and Leeann, from age eight
months and three years-
old, respectively.
Amy Jean (Aejae) Kelly
Final
Arrangements
February 22, 1979 - January 24, 2020
City of Cottage Grove to
plant Hiroshima Peace Tree Handled with Care
On Monday, Feb. 17 at
11 a.m. in Coiner Park,
Cottage Grove Mayor Jef-
frey Gowing and the Ur-
ban Forestry Committee
will be planting a gingko
biloba sapling germinated
from seeds of a gingko tree
that survived the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima 75
years ago this August.
The gingko sapling is
one of 30 saplings that will
be planted on public lands
around the State of Ore-
gon between now and May
2020.
These peace trees are
part of remembrance and
reconciliation project or-
211info.org.
No one can be turned
away from a local health
department because of the
inability to pay for required
vaccines.
Many pharmacists can
immunize children age 7
and older; contact your
neighborhood pharmacy
for details.
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Aejae Kelly was born Febru-
ary 22, 1979 in Cottage Grove
Oregon, the younger of iden-
tical twins. Aejae died unex-
pectedly in Portland, Oregon
on January 24th, 2020. Aejae
was an epilepsy survivor and
a long-time volunteer at Rose-
haven, a shelter for women and
children in Portland. Rosehav-
en held a memorial service for
Aejae on Feb 7 to honor the
over 20 years of kind compas-
sionate service for others. Ae-
jae is survived by their twin,
Meghan Kelly, partner Jay
Jones, parents, Cecil and Lor-
raine Simons of Cottage Grove,
older sister Patti Guerra, older
half-sisters Terri Jo Schlatter
and Angie Chester, step sisters
Claire and Robin Simons, niec-
es and nephews, and grand-
mother Doris Rawlings.
Cremation was arranged
by Crown Memorial Centers.
A celebration of Aejae’s life
will be held on the twin’s
birthday, February 22nd, 2020
with friends and family at
the London Grange in Cot-
tage Grove, Oregon, at 1pm.
In lieu of fl owers, their fami-
ly requests that donations be
made to Rosehaven or Charity
of your choice.
Ada Willetta Summerfi eld
1921-2019
Ada Willetta Summerfi eld
of Cottage Grove, OR, passed
away on December 7th, 2019
at the age of 98. Ada was born
on April 29, 1921 to David and
Viola Rice on a farm on Dan-
iels Creek, about 15 miles up-
river from Coos Bay. She was
the twelft h child of seventeen
children. Th ey enjoyed a robust
country life where they were
dairy farmers and raised crops.
Th ough daily chores were ex-
tensive for such a large fami-
ly, her parents still took time
to lead the family in singing,
reading and baseball games.
When she started school, she
and eight of her siblings took
a boat to school. She enjoyed
school and made friends easily.
Aft er WWII, Ada met and
married Warren Noë. Th ey
lived in Cottage Grove and had
two children. Warren moved
the family to the San Francis-
co Bay area to work for United
Airlines. Th ere they had their
third child. Warren and Ada
were accomplished ballroom
dancers, they enjoyed travel
and family, and playing bridge.
Th ey were active in a growing
and thriving American Baptist
church where Ada taught Sun-
day school.
She opened their home
to provide foster care to
pre-adoptive babies and other
young people, as well as being
a den mother for Cub Scouts
and Brownies. She then went
back to school and became a
secretary. Aft er 25 years, War-
ren and Ada divorced. Ada
later remarried and her second
husband, George Summer-
fi eld, was happy to move back
to Cottage Grove when he re-
tired so Ada could be closer to
her sisters and brothers. Ada
and George traveled to Europe
and loved ballroom and square
dancing. Ada was instrumental
in starting the Senior Center
in Cottage Grove and volun-
teered there for many years.
She was a talented landscape
painter. She was also active in
the Methodist Church. When
George passed away, she con-
tinued her activities until her
health became a problem. She
then moved to Magnolia Gar-
dens where she made many
new friends.
She was a devoted writer,
and a supportive, loving moth-
er and friend. She walked hum-
bly and quietly with God all of
her life. Ada was preceded in
death by her husband George,
and fourteen of her siblings.
She is survived by her sister
Elizabeth Pappas of Yuma, AZ,
brother Charles Rice of Cot-
tage Grove, son Michael Noë of
Hayward, CA, daughters Sheila
Hudson and Patricia Noë of
Cottage Grove and their hus-
bands, 2 grandchildren, 1 great
granddaughter, a stepdaughter
and step-grandchildren, and
dozens of nieces and nephews.
Special appreciation and
thanks to the hospice workers
and the staff and caregivers of
Magnolia Gardens who gave so
much love and support to Ada.
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